JUNE 29 – FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL There is an old adage: “God doesn’t call the qualified; he qualifies the called.” And if you’re looking for a man who proved that by his life, the apostle Peter is your guy. Peter, you’ll recall, denied Christ three times in the courtyard on Holy Thursday night. Peter had seen his Master beaten and condemned to death, and he feared the Romans and the Jews who had treated Jesus so cruelly.... Read more
You may not know his name, but I’ll bet his scientific visualizations—explosions of color and vivid images of the human body—have captivated you, flashing from the covers of magazines such as TIME and LIFE. * * * * Alexander Tsiaras, founder of Anatomical Travelogue and TheVisualMD.com, is an associate professor of medicine and chief of scientific visualization at Yale University School of Medicine. He is an internationally renowned journalist, author of six books, and speaker. An artist and technologist, Tsiaras... Read more
Only the second day of the Fortnight for Freedom, and already, there emerges a new idea from a new corner for resolving that pesky old religious liberty problem! OR NOT. You remember Peter Singer, that colorful and controversial bioethicist from Princeton University who thinks that animals are people, too, and who advocates for child-killing up until the age of two? Singer contends that there’s no real difference between the child in the womb and the newborn. So far, so good! ... Read more
Eating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. The tomato praises the cross instead of Allah, and says that Allah is three (a reference to the Trinity). So says the Popular Egyptian Islamic Association, a literalist, radical Muslim group known as Salafists, on its Facebook page. The group adds, “…spread this photo because there is a sister from Palestine who saw the prophet of Allah [Mohammad] in a vision and he was crying, warning his nation against... Read more
“I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.” Read more
UPDATE Dear Friends: I first posted about my sister-in-law Maureen last May. She has had two major surgeries: To replace her knee and part of her leg bone, and to resolve the kidney cancer. Today, she faces a third complex surgery, this time to remove a tumor on her spine. Please continue to hold her and her family in prayer. She is greatly loved. * * * * * On Monday, May 1, I was among an estimated 2.5 million... Read more
Alessandro Brustenghi grew up listening to American rocker Michael Jackson, and he loves the music of controversial Icelandic singer Björk, founder of the all-girl punk band Spit and Snot. Alessandro is too busy, though, to spend all his time on music. The 34-year-old is a Franciscan friar at the monastery at Assisi, where he works as a carpenter—crafting wooden lecterns and restoring furniture. Friar Alessandro’s operatic talent was discovered by British producer Mike Hedges, who had spent years seeking “the next... Read more
How low can you go? Last Thursday in my home state of Michigan, Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Brown was barred from speaking on the House floor, after making a crude reference to her female anatomy during a speech. Brown had been speaking against a House initiative to ban late-term abortions after the twentieth week of gestation, when she said, “Finally, Mr. Speaker, I’m flattered you’re all so interested in my vagina, but ‘no’ means ‘no’.” A spokesperson for Michigan Representative James Bolger explained... Read more
And so it’s official: The grand glass edifice formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral has been renamed Christ Cathedral, it was announced this morning. More than 1,500 people heard the Most Reverend Tod D. Brown, Bishop of the Diocese of Orange in California, make the announcement today at the close of the ordination ceremony in St. Columban Church, where he ordained four new priests who will serve the diocese. The Crystal Cathedral was designed by architect Philip Johnson, and opened... Read more
You’ve seen them before: dancers, musicians, actors, jugglers, lovers with elaborate marriage proposals, all taking to the streets and the malls with flash mobs. This flash mob, though, consists of people of faith–people who come together to kneel before their Creator, inspiring others to join in praise of their God. Whether you celebrated Corpus Christi yesterday or on Sunday, as we do here in the United States, take a moment to offer a prayer of thanksgiving for Jesus’ gift of... Read more
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